Tenerife Tourism Corporation

The head of Tenerife's tourism corporation explains why the island is creating its own airline.

Catch up on all the exciting moments from the 25th edition of the World Route Development Forum.

Visa reform is a priority for Africa to reach its tourism potential, a panel of experts have agreed.

The shortlist of the annual route development awards is revealed

The Tenerife Government hopes its favourable tax regime will attract additional airlines to open new bases on the island in the coming years. The island’s Tenerife South Airport has recently welcomed new operational bases from LCCs Norwegian, Iberia Express and Vueling and revealed talks will shortly take place with two other operators.

The Canary Islands are one of the largest exporters to Africa, a market worth €227.42 million in 2014. The island is only a 45 minute flight away from Morocco, compared to a two and a half hour flight time to reach Madrid. At present, routes to Marrakech, Agadir, and Dakar are being served from Tenerife twice a week, and a route to Casablanca three times weekly.

Yesterday’s Routes Africa Strategy Summit highlighted some of the most interesting aspects of aviation in Africa today. More than a dozen high-profile speakers debated some of the key topics impacting the aviation business across the region.

The second panel session of the Routes Africa Strategy Summit saw esteemed professionals from the aviation industry discuss the impact of tourism within Africa. The panel was moderated by Edward Robertson, editor of Routes News, and featured Richard Bodin, chief commercial officer of fastjet; Fernando Estrada, chief strategy officer of Vueling; Stephanie Wear, director of economic and air service development Tenerife Tourism Corporation and Yolanta Strikista, director of Strikista Consulting.

The international aviation industry will gather in Tenerife this weekend for the 11th annual Routes Africa air service development forum (26-28 June).

Just over one week to go until the start of Routes Africa in Tenerife.

Over 25 airlines have now confirmed their attendance at the event.

Register for Routes Africa before 7 June and you could win a 5 night stay at the 5* Gran Hotel Bahía Del Duque during your time in Tenerife.

Raise your profile in front of key decision makers at Routes Africa.

Prices will rise on 31 May, so don’t miss out on the opportunity to save and register today.

The results are in! See if you or one of your partners has been nominated to receive an award in Tenerife.

Routes Africa official hotels are now available to book online, make your reservations before 25 May to receive discounted rates.

A full programme of leading industry experts are set to speak at the Routes Africa Strategy Summit, taking place on Sunday 26 June.

Scheduling for Routes Africa will open on Friday 20 May – Just one week from now.

An event dedicated to the development of the African aviation industry will take place next month in Tenerife (26-28 June) to encourage the launch of new air services to, from and within the African continent.

Routes Africa will take place at the Gran Hotel Bahía del Duque, from 26 – 28 June in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Explore the beauty of Tenerife’s southern coast and book your place on a tour at Routes Africa.

Voting for the Routes Africa Marketing Awards will close one week from now – don’t miss out on the opportunity to have your say and place your vote before Friday 6th May.

Strategically located close to Africa – one of their biggest trade partners – Tenerife is the perfect choice to host Routes Africa 2016. The Government of the island are dedicated to promoting connectivity within Africa.

Routes Africa, the only route development forum for the African region, will be hosted by Tenerife Tourism Corporation with the support of the Canary Islands Government this summer (26-28 June 2016).

Tenerife has taken on an active role in enhancing air connectivity to the island and Turismo de Tenerife, the official agency on the island responsible for promoting the island internationally as a premier leisure destination has highlighted air connectivity as one of key priorities within the growth strategy.